Stocking



June 19, 1923. 1,459,590

A. JUNKER STOCKING Filed A112. 1. 1921 lww/wl oz def/201 9 cit/2236 located as to Patented June 19, 1923.-

ANTHONY JU'NKER, OF GLOVEBSVILLE, NEW YORK.

STOCKING.

Application filed August 1, 1921. Serial n. 488,816.

duce a seamless heel sock or stocking, which may be made of glove silk or any other suitable piece goods.

Another object is to provide a stocking of this character having a double heel, sole, and toe which presents a neat and attractive appearance and the seams of which are so prevent rubbing of the foot of the wearer. I

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown, described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a portion of a stocking constructed in ac-' cordance with this invention. I

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the blank used in making the leg and the top of the foot; and

Fig. 3 is a similar view of the blank em; ployed in making the heel, sole, and lower portion of the toe.

A stocking in accordance with this invention is formed from an up er and a lower section seamed togetherto orm a fashioned article, and the upper section consists of an elongated web having an upper rectangular portion and with the side edges of the lower portion thereof inwardly curved whereby the lower portion of the web-is tapered, and the said lower portion of the web merges into a substantially elliptical extension, the lower section is also formed from a web of suitable material and is set up to provide a pair of oppositely disposed tapered portions of unequal length, one of said tapered portions having inwardly extending inclined side edges and the other inwardly extending curved side edges and this latter tapered portion terminates in an extension capable of being foldable rearwardly and which is semi-oval in contour. The lower section is notched at opposite sides thereof between the tapered portions and .the tapered portion; of smaller length is slit lengthwise formin an elliptical shaped opening. The edges 0 the slit are seamed together to shape when the sections are connected together, the stocking above the heel, and the edges of each notch are seamed together to form the heel. The

upper and lower sections are secured together to form the article and in this connection the upper'section has a part of its side edges; secured together and the remain 'ing part of its side edges secured to the edges of saldlower section;

The upper section comprises a leg portion 1, tapering toward the ankle 2, and then wldening into the upper foot portion 3. The

lower section 5 comprises a lower or toe portion 6, having V-shaped notches 7 formed at, the side edges thereof, the edges of which.-

' are seamed together as shown at 8, to form a seamless heel 9, that is a heel without. any rear or bottom seam, the seams 8 being disposed at opposite sides of the foot. v The heel portion 10 of the lower section 5 tapers to a point 11 at its rear end and has a cut out portion 12 extendin longitudinally thereof midway its width. tion 12 forms a slot like opening, which tapers to points at its opposite ends,'as is shown clearly in Fig. 3, and the sidewalls of the slot are seamed together to provide the proper curvature abovethe heel proper at the ankle portion of the stocking, as shown at B in Fig. l, the front end of the lower portion 6 is equipped with an integral flaplike member 14 shaped to conform to the curved portion 6 of said lower section 5 and which is designed to extend up under the toe portion of the foot member 3, as is shown clearly in Fig. 1, to form a double 'toe at this point.

After the two upper and lower sections have been set up as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the side edges of the notches 7 are seamed together, and those of the slot 12 are also seamed together. The edges of the lower section 5 are then seamed totheedges of the foot portion 3 of the upper section and to the ankleportion thereof up to the point shown at 15 in Fig. 1. The side edges of the leg portion 1 are then seamed together above this point to produce the leg of the stockmg.

vious, that by constructing and connecting the parts as herein illustrated, that a stocking 15 produced, having a seamless heel, that is a heel without any seam at the ball of the his cut out por- From the above description, it will be ob- I I I heel the only seamsin the stocking being directly up the back portion of the leg, and along the sides of the foot, and at the sides of the heel and above the rear portion of the ball of the heel, as is shown clearly in the drawing. The sole portion 6 is preferably doubled, so that a double heel, toe, and sole will be formed in the completed stocking.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is disclosed in the drawings and set forth in the specification, but it will be understood that any modifications within the scope of the claimed invention may be'made in the construction without departing from the principle of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

What I claim is:

As a new article of manufacture a stocking formed from an upper and a lower section, said upper section comprising an elongated Web having its upper portion rectangular and the side edges of its lower portion asses having a part of its side edges seamed to-' gether and the remaining part of its side edges seamed to the edges of said lower section, said lower section seamed at opposite sides between the tapered portions thereof to form the heel and further seamed lengthwise of that tapered portion of smaller length to shape the stocking above the'heel, the ex-,

tension of the upper section inclosing the extension of the lower section.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature hereto.

ANTHONY JUNKER. 

